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Choo sets team mark for hit by pitches

Choo sets team mark for hit by pitches

9/9/13: Shin-Soo Choo gets hit by a pitch for the 25th time this season, setting a new club record for the Reds

By Mark Sheldon
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MLB.com |

CINCINNATI -- Reds center fielder Shin-Soo Choo hasn't been afraid of the inside pitches he's received all season. He has the bruises to show for it.

On Monday against the Cubs, Choo was hit by a pitch for a Major League leading 25th time, which is also the Reds franchise record. Catcher Jason LaRue was hit 24 times in 2004.

Batting with one out in the bottom of the third, Choo was plunked in the back by a 3-2 pitch from Cubs lefty Travis Wood. He went to first base without a reaction, as he generally does. Choo reached second on Joey Votto's two-out single, but both runners were left stranded.

Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.